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Montréal Could Moves Toward Proportional Representation |A Breakthrough for Canadian Democracy.

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Jesus, finally.
I just got back from my first (short) trip to Montréal in nearly 10 years. It's the most human city in Canada, IMO. This would be a very human-empowering step, which is on brand, IMO. I hope it passes.
Montréal isn't perfect, and neither is PR, but both are better than many alternatives, IMO.
- Yup, no city or electoral system is perfect however there are definitely good ones out there.
Enough of this 2 race neoliberal vs fascist choices with first-past-the-post.
- Yeah, just let the fascists win!
  PR is a gift to the fascists, e.g., Italy, Austria and Poland come screaming to mind with Germany and France being dangerously close to having far Right parties take power.
  
  On the contrary, FPTP is a gift to extremist minorities. That should be abundantly clear right now.
  
  If fascism is popular enough to win under PR, FPTP isn’t going to stop it
  
  Yet you ignore that fascists win with minority of the vote in countries with first-past-the-post. Donald Trump, Ron Desantis…
  With proportional representation they have to win a majority. So it’s not meant to stop people for voting what they want but to more accurately represent the vote. Fascists love winning with just 30% instead of 51%.
  Iceland, Norway and Spain are successful countries under pr.
  Not mention countries with pr have the strongest unions.

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